Fidelity Vs. The Odyssey Essay - 1172 Words

Pietro Elie Mr. Lewis F Band 12/8/16 How Fidelity Drives The Odyssey Fidelity is the crucial virtue in The Odyssey. Fidelity is what drives the story of Odysseus’s journey: it is both Odysseus s reason for returning home and the means for him to get home. In the course of the story, Homer dramatizes the nature of fidelity by contrasting different forms of fidelity and their opposites. This essay will examine three forms of fidelity and the roles they play in Odysseus s journey. The most noticeable form of fidelity is sexual fidelity, or faithfulness. Odysseus loves his wife, Penelope, and he wants nothing more than to get back home to her; and for him, the fullest expression of being â€Å"back with her† would be back in bed with her. And yet Odysseus sleeps with a couple of other women during his journey home, and he does so willingly. Describing Odysseus’s last day with Calypso, Homer says, And now, withdrawing into the cavern s deep recesses, in each other s arms they lost themselves in love. (book 5, lines 250-251) What they feel is â€Å"love† not just lust, or passion; that â€Å"they lost themselves† shows that they felt it mutually. This is obviously Odysseus sleeping with Calypso willingly and enjoying it. Later in the story, he is unfaithful to Penelope again when he sleeps with Circe: â€Å"Straightaway she began to swear the oath I required—never, she’d never do meShow MoreRelatedMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 PagesJuggernaut Starbucks: A Paragon of Growth and Employee Benefits Finds Storms Boston Beer: Is Greater Growth Possible? 29 46 PART II MARKETING WARS 61 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Cola Wars: Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi PC Wars: Hewlett-Packard vs. Dell Airliner Wars: Boeing vs. Airbus; and Recent Outsourcing Woes 63 86 PART III COMEBACKS Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 McDonald’s: Rebirth Through Moderation Harley-Davidson: Creating An Enduring Mystique Continental Airlines:Read MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pages6 (2005), pp. 1185–1203; and S. E. Scullen, M. K. Mount, and T. A. Judge, â€Å"Evidence of the Construct Validity of Developmental Ratings of Managerial Performance,† Journal of Applied Psychology 88, no. 1 (2003), pp. 50–66. 9. F. Luthans, â€Å"Successful vs. Effective Real Managers,† Academy of Management Executive (May 1988), pp. 127–132; and F. Luthans, R. M. Hodgetts, and S. A. Rosenkrantz, Real Managers (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 1988). See also F. Shipper and J. Davy, â€Å"A Model and Investigation of